Brutal sexual attack on woman in Quincy Center; police catch man

Sunday

Quincy police swarmed a wooded area behind 125 Granite St. early Saturday and caught Robert Wade Koontz, 30, of Harbor Heights, Ohio.

A man jumped a woman on Granite Street in Quincy early Saturday morning, choked and punched her and tried to rape her, police said.

Police swarmed a wooded area behind 125 Granite St. shortly after midnight and caught Robert Wade Koontz, 30, of Harbor Heights, Ohio. He is being held until his arraignment on Monday morning in Quincy District Court.

The woman was treated for a large gash over her eye.

Police were called to Granite Street near the shopping plaza about 15 minutes past midnight on a report of a woman screaming. When they arrived, they found a woman whose face was covered in blood and who was trembling, screaming and crying while trying to speak, police said.

She told police that she left the Quincy Center MBTA station and was walking home from work when she sensed that someone was behind her. She said a man ran up from behind, grabbed her and began punching her in the face and choking her. Then, she said, he dragged her into some woods and tried to rape her but she managed to get away. The man, she said, ran deeper into the woods.

Working with a description of the attacker, police surrounded the area and searched the woods with dogs. One of the dogs hit on a scent and began tracking it, police said. Officer William Lanergan and Detective William Ward caught Koontz and arrested him.

He is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, assault with intent to rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and indecent assault and battery against a person over 14.

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